Shloka 7
Nahūṣa as Ajagara: Virtue Hierarchy, Karmic Gati, and the Psychology of Mind–Intellect
समेत्य राज्ञा वृषपर्वणा ते प्रत्यर्चितास्तेन च वीतमोहा: शशंसिरे विस्तरश: प्रवासं गिरौ यथावद् वृषपर्वणस्ते
sametya rājñā vṛṣaparvaṇā te pratyarcitāstena ca vītamohāḥ | śaśaṃsire vistaraśaḥ pravāsaṃ girau yathāvad vṛṣaparvaṇaste ||
Having met with King Vṛṣaparvan, they were duly honored by him; and, their confusion dispelled, they reported in full the details of their sojourn on the mountain—exactly as it had occurred—to that very Vṛṣaparvan.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights ethical speech and social order: after receiving proper hospitality from a ruler, one should respond with clear-minded, truthful, and complete reporting (yathāvat, vistaraśaḥ), showing gratitude and integrity rather than confusion or concealment.
A group meets King Vṛṣaparvan, is respectfully received, and then recounts to him—accurately and in detail—the events of their stay on a mountain, with their earlier uncertainty now removed.